Lamp fixture for beds and the like



July 24, 1923.

L. ROTH LAMP FIXTURE FOR BEDS AND was LIKE Filed Feb. 23. 1921 Louis ROTH. or new Y0 LAMP FIXTURE Application filed February 23, 1321.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that l, Louis Born,

N. 521, ASSEGNOB it a l YORK, N. Y.

a sub ject of riustria-Hungary, residing; the cit,

of New Y or I, county tlon.

lamp, mirror, or other may be attached secure dresser, or other article 0 Although the fixture o useful in attaching articles jects of furniture and in invention is designed for ticularly, as candescent lamp and its app f y of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a cert ll and useful Lamp l ixture for Beds like, or" which the following is a This invention is a fixture whereby a ropriate article to a bedstead,

.5 furniture.

my invention is generally to obother places, the

use, 11101 8 p d1- means for maintaining an inencasing hood in a fixed position upon a bedstead so as to occupy a posit-ion thereon light for reading purposes.

for supplying a.

y In this connection it is well known that there exists a wide variety of bedsteads some styles of which are composed of wood with more or less ornate headboards, whereas other styles of bedsteads are composed of metal the top rails of which section.

difier in cross The fixture as I have constructed it is usefu l for the attachment of a lamp and hood supporting the article in a lati'on to the bedstead.

cludes a stem,

stem, said head being pr permanent rei he invention in a practical form ina head in fixed relation to the ovi ded wi h a curved face the radius of which corresponds to the cross section of the mountable collarone face of bed rail, a dewhich is curved correspondingly to the face of the head and the opposite face of which is a compressible washer plane surrace of the collar, clamping the stern and head to a bedrail.

a plane surface.

in contact with the and means tor in fixed relation The head constitutes a member to which the'lamp hood, or other ar attached. With this head collar and the washer fitted to a bedrail the oIClB, is rigidly co-operates the when the fixture is surface or which 13 flat, whereby the operation of tightening the clamping nut on the ste sure for the compression of n applies presthe washer, the

washer D, the

AND THE LIKE.

Serial No. 447,284.

several parts eta-operating to so firmly mount the lamp in position that for all practical purposes said lamp is immovable; but when it IS desired to mount the fixture on a be; rail oi circular cross section, the washer and the collar are removed from the stem, and the latter is fitted in an opening in the cir cular bedrail so that the curved face of said head is in direct contact with the bedrail, the several parts being firmly clamped by tightening the nut on the stei I ther functions and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description taken in connection with the drawings, wherein Figure l is an elevation of my fixture applied to the headboard of a wooden bedstead.

' Figure 2 is a similar view of the fixture in an operative position on a cross sectionally circular rail of a metal bedstead.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional el vation through the fixture disconnected from the bedstead and independent of the article to be supported,

The fixture of my invention comprises a head member A, a stem B, a collar C, and a preferred constructions of which are shown more particularly and in detail by Figure 3 and the mode of using which parts is exemplified in Figures 1 and 2. v

The head member A is a single piece 01" metal provided with a curved face a, the radius of which conforms substantially to the surface of the cross sectionally circular object H to which the fixture is to be applied as illustrated in Figure 2. As shown. the head A is aseparate piece or metal from the stem B, and to make provision for the attachment oftlie stem and the head, the latter is provided with a tapped socket 7), into which is screwed the male threaded end portion Z) of said stem, although the parts AB may be composed of one piece if desired. or said parts may be coupled by means other than the threaded joint shown.

For the attachment of the lamp hood E shown as a cross sectionally curved element, the head or member A is provided with a curved face 6, against which the hood is fitted so as to provide for the reception or" a screw 6. Obviously, a mirror or other article to be supported may be substituted for the lamp housing, and said other object may be provided with a curved if desired be secured fixedly in position on the member A by means other than "the screw 6.

An incandescent lamp, lines at F, is coupled as usual not shown, the flow of current to said lamp being controlled by the customary pull switch 7. Said stem B is provided with a male thread If on which is screwed a nut Gr adapted to'be tightened against a washer 9 whereby the fixtur may be clamped against the element H or H of a bedstead, or other object.

Collar C is composed of metal centrally perforated to slip over the stem B, it being essential in this invention that said collar face 0 and a plane face 0. The curvature of the faces corresponds to the face (6 of the head in order that the collar may have a solid hearing against the head, whereby the collar is made available for leveling up thehead so as to adapt the fixture for service on plane surfaced bed-elements such as H in Figure 1.

lVasher D is composed of rubber, leather, or other con'ipressible material, and it is centrally perforated to fit upon the stem, said washer being interposed between the collar C and the bed element H. The washer is shown as having transverse apertures (Z presenting. air pockets, and when the nut G is screwed home the stem and the head act to compress the washer between the collar 0 and the bed-element H, whereby the trictional contact of th washer with the collar and the bed-element, aided probably to some extent by the air confined within the pockets d, retains the head and the stem so firmly in position that the fixture and the lamp cannot be shifted accidentally out of position nor will the clamping means loosen up to such an extent as to permit undesirable indicated by dotted shifting movement oi": the lamp.

When the fixture is used on a bedstead of the type indicated at H in Figur 1, a hole is produced in the part H, and the collar C and washer D are slipped over the stem, after which the stem is thrust through the hole, washer g is positioned on the stem,

with a socket,

with which said curved ees res and nut G is screwed tightly into place, the etl ect or" which is to compress the washer D between th collar G and the bed-element and to so tightly clamp the member A and collar G as to preclude the lamp housing from turning out of its operative position.

To adapt theiixture to a curved'rail H of a metal bedstead, the collar C and washer D are dispensed with. A hole having been provided in the bedrail as shown in Figure 2, the stem B is thrust through it for the curved :t'ace cot the-member A to have contact directlywith the bedrail, and thereupon the washer g and nut G- are applied to the stem for drawing the curved face a of said member it, into such tight contact with the bedrail that the lamp housing cannot be turned accidentally out of the desired position.

It is apparent that easily and quickly to any or other object. and that in position. I

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 2,

ii lamp-fixture adapted for use on articles of furniture comprising a head one face at which is curved in conformity. with the contour of the surface of the article face is adapted to contact, a single stem in permanently fixed relation to said head, said stem passing through said curved face only of the head and protruding for a substantial distance beyond said head to afford means for the attachment or said fixture, a perforated collar fitted loosely and removably on the stem, one face of said collar being curved for snug contact with the curved face of the head andthe otherside ofsaid collar being a plane surface, and means co-operating with'the stem forclamping the collar" and the headin fixed non-rotative relation to each other and to th article-of furniture.

In testimony whereof I have hereto signed my name this 17th day ofFebruary, 1921.

Louis Born.

the fixture is applied kind of bedstead, it is held securely 

